Slack-jawed Obama haters can never give you a valid reason why the president should be impeached

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Aug 20, 2013 at 11:05 AMAug 20, 2013 at 7:15 PM

Steve Benen PARSES the rhetoric of right-wing impeachment freaks:

Borrowing a page from Bill Maher, I’d like to establish a new rule: those who propose presidential impeachment should come up with some sort of coherent rationale for doing so. And before conservatives ask, no, “I don’t like Obama” is not an actual reason.

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I remember the good old days — back in 2011 — when unhinged conservative Republicans in Congress used to come up with pretenses of high crimes when talking up presidential impeachment. Lately, they don’t even bother. Obama is the president; he’s a Democrat; the right doesn’t ...

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Steve Benen PARSES the rhetoric of right-wing impeachment freaks:

Borrowing a page from Bill Maher, I’d like to establish a new rule: those who propose presidential impeachment should come up with some sort of coherent rationale for doing so. And before conservatives ask, no, “I don’t like Obama” is not an actual reason.

(Snip)

I remember the good old days — back in 2011 — when unhinged conservative Republicans in Congress used to come up with pretenses of high crimes when talking up presidential impeachment. Lately, they don’t even bother. Obama is the president; he’s a Democrat; the right doesn’t ...